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Gallery Article by Randy Lutz
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Nov 11 2003
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Armistice
Day...Remembrance Day...Veterans Day
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This model represents an aircraft
flown by: Lieutenant Pierre Le Borgne, Groupe de chasse II/7, 4ieme
Escadrille while based at Alger, Algeria in June 1940. The information for
this model was provided by Pierre Le Borgne and details of its operational use
were obtained from his flight log book.
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images below to see larger images
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The model represents
the airframe which Le Borgne picked up at the factory and flew to Algeria the
following day. The weathering has been kept to the absolute minimum as the
model depicts the aircraft as it was, after less than two weeks in service.